FLORIDA
SHERIFF HARASSED BY FBI FOR USING OBAMA'S MIDDLE NAME 'HUSSAIN'

By
Jim Kouri, CPP
October 14, 2008

NewsWithViews.com

Lee
County, FL Sheriff Mike Scott never expected to create a firestorm when
he used the full name of the Democrat Party's presidential candidate
"Barack Hussein Obama."

At
a rally in Estero, Florida, for GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah
Palin, the highly decorated law enforcement executive was the pre-rally
speaker for the Palin appearance. As with most political rallies, the
job of pre-rally speakers is to warmup the audience.

According
to GOPUSA's (gopusa.com) editor
Bobby Eberle whether the audience is cheering wildly or booing loudly,
the pre-rally speakers are there to wake them up and get them going.
So Sheriff Scott stepped to the podium and said, "On November 4,
let's leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened."

Apparently,
saying "Hussein Obama" in public might just get you a visit
from the FBI. Just ask Sheriff Mike Scott who is under investigation
for referring to Obama at a campaign rally by his full name.

Oh,
the shock of it all! Speaking someone's full legal name in public! When
asked about the "incident," Sheriff Scott responded by saying:

“I
absolutely, unequivocally don’t regret saying it,” Scott
told the News-Press on Monday. “In order to be a speaker at this
event, I had to give my full name — Michael Joseph Scott —
to the Secret Service, even though I’m the sheeriff of Lee County.
So why would I apologize? Is there some kind of double standard here
where I have to give my full name, but I can’t use his?"

“Unless
he changed his name, my position hasn’t changed,” said Scott
of Obama. “It seems very clear to me that people have one of three
stances on this thing: There are those who dislike it, there are those
who like it, and there are those who think it’s a whole big deal
about nothing, which is where I stand.”

"We
have seen many changes in this great nation which have been brought
about by left wing activists. As kids, we used to say the Pledge of
Allegiance. Now, it's being attacked in the courts. We used to say a
prayer in the morning before school or at football games. Socialists
in America have deemed that "offensive" and the practice has
all but disappeared. Christmas displays honoring the birth of Christ
trigger convulsions by the Left, who say that we shouldn't make people
feel "uncomfortable" with our manger scenes," said GOPUSA's
Eberle.

"[S]heriff
Scott also has a right to say what he wants to say without fear of reprisal
by the government. However, according to a local
Florida NBC affiliate, Sheriff Scott's remark has now earned him
an investigation by the federal government," added Eberle.

The
NBC station reports that officials with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel
have started an investigation of the Sheriff under the question of "did
he use his position as sheriff to influence an election? If so, he could
be in violation of a federal election law called the Hatch Act."
The basis the Feds are using is whether Scott was campaigning while
on duty and in uniform.

Sheriff
Scott responded to the NBC story with the following statement:

"I
am on duty 24/7 and 365 whether in or out of uniform. Like every other
elected official, I am aware of from President to Governor to State
Representatives, etc. We engage in political activities whether for
ourselves as candidates or for others. As of this writing, I am unaware
of having done anything to generate all this attention other than using
the senator's full name."

"The
question is this... If Sheriff Scott had not said 'Barack Hussein Obama,'
do you really think he would now be under investigation? If you answered
"no," then that should send a shiver down your spine, because
it means that the government is imposing pressure and creating a public
example of Scott for simply saying someone's name," says Eberle.

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"Whether
the investigation leads to charges or legal action is not the point.
The point is that government intimidation is being brought to bear for
someone exercising his first amendment right to free speech. This is
wrong, regardless of whether you think his usage of Barack Hussein Obama
was appropriate or not. This is still America, isn't it?" he added.

Jim Kouri, CPP
is currently fifth vice-president of the National
Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City
housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters
covering the drug war in the 1980s. He's also served on the National Drug
Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country.

He writes for
many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times,
The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared
as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including
Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book
Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com, and
can be ordered at local bookstores.

The NBC station reports
that officials with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel have started an
investigation of the Sheriff under the question of "did he use his
position as sheriff to influence an election?